I asked our vet this morning whether she thought our pets somehow understood that we thought we were doing them a kindness when we brought them into the vet to be euthanized. I thought it was mostly a rhetorical question at the time, a way of stalling, a way to avoid crying, which I hadn't thought I was going to do but did anyway, and a way, maybe, to beg for absolution.... at Quiche Moraine, guest post by Heather Rosa.
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Goodbye Toby (the dog)
Posted on: February 19, 2009 8:07 AM, by Greg Laden
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